KINGSTON, N.Y. — The hysterical screams of Tristin, April and Tristina Goods rang out in the Ulster County Courtroom on Wednesday as jurors in the Christopher Baldner murder trial listened to a recording that captured the moments leading up to and after the crash that killed 11-year-old Monica Goods.

Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Gashi played the recording for jurors during the opening day of testimony in the trial of Baldner, a former state trooper on trial for second-degree murder and other charges for the girl’s Dec. 22, 2020, death.

On the recording, which was made using Baldner’s cell phone, Tristin Goods can be heard after the crash screaming frantically for his daughters as Baldner approached the overturned vehicle, yelling for Tristin Goods to “put your hands up … I’ll sho

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